Thread: Licorice!

I love it! I am talking the real deal black licorice. If it is any other flavor it isn't the real deal!

I even love the salt licorice that I have tried from holland. Here are my favs:

Panda
Panda Herbal
Zout Drops
Good n' Plenty
Kookaburra
Pontefract cakes
RJ's Natural

What are your favorites?

-Rob

Oh yea man those Pandas are very addictivationalistical. I've been diggin some Italian ones that I pick up in Bridgeport. One is golia liquirizia Perfetti golia liquirizia - fiuta i prezzi su Dolci e confetture
The other is very spicy little black pellets in a round can called Tabu. Here's a treat for you. Check out this delisciouso website: Liquirizia Purissima

I love it! I've had some crazy licorices from around the world- too many to remember for me. I do recall an Italian licorice in a whitish pellet form that I hated lol. Right now I have some Australian stuff by Darrell Lea that is actually very good.

Panda is pretty good. Also Rob, it's not Zout Drops (salt drops) but zoute drop (salty licorice), the name is a simpmle discription of what it is.

My favorites (all dutch ones)

- Oldtimers lichtzoute hindelopers (lichtly salted dearwalkers)
- Oldtimers zoethoutdrop (sweetwoodlicorice)
- Muntdrop (coinlicorice because it's in the shape of a coin)
- Dubbelzoute drop (double salty licorice)
- Schoolkrijtjes (schoolchalk, a licorice covered in peppermint)

I have to side with LX here.
Dutch licorice is the best. I am partial to the soft black ones. either salty or sweet will do.
You would not believe the flavors and variations you can find in a regular convenience store in the Netherlands. Probably as much as types of beer in a typical Belgian convenience store (a lot).

Have to agree on the Dutch licorice.

When I go to my home town in Iowa, which is not too often any more, I always stop in the Dutch community of Pella, 14 miles away. I load up on licorice and a few other treats that I grew up enjoying.

My father and his family comes from Holland, so we're very partial to Dutch licorice - pretty well any of it! Coins, farm animals, zout, double zout...just about anything! Luckily, we have a dutch grocery imports store in town, so I can get them whenever I (or my family) wants!

Mark

The added benefit of having some zoute drop (Thanks Alex!) is that hardly anyone asks you to share in the states! More for me! For those who don't know, it isn't regular salt. Atleast the salt licorice I have had has usually had a sort of ammonia type note to it. I think it is ammonium chloride. I love the stuff when I can get it. The soft Aussie licorice is my second favorite. Right now I am really hooked on the Panda Herbal. I also forgot to mention that I like tyrkisk pepper when I can find it.

-Rob

I think the double-zout drops are the absolute best for a sore throat - the salt acts as a disinfectant, and tastes much better than gargling with salt water!

Mark

My boss brought some salty licorice back from Denmark, but I must admit the name put me off a bit.

This is a photo of the pack:
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